Haute-Normandie is the Eastern part of the old province of Normandy.
Created in 1956, the region is home to 1,780,192 inhabitants and covers and area of 12,317 km2 (7653 square miles). It is made up of two districts, or “departments” of France, Seine-Maritime (76) and the Eure (27), and has Rouen as its chief town. Relatively small in terms of size, it occupies a key place in the French landscape...